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Everyday we all read and hear stories about people who have done serious damage to themselves, to their future, or to others online. It’s almost impossible to keep track of these daily horror stories.

This avalanche of negative press we see, are the result of people doing what people have always done, except now it’s being done in front of the entire digital world.

Here at the Institute for Internet Safety, we are working tirelessly to help you safeguard and enhance your online identity.

The Institute for Internet Safety: Catching Mistakes Before Mistakes Catch You!

Online Privacy Daily News Feed

As House lawmakers get ready to debate on Thursday a landmark proposal to restrict how companies collect and use personal data online, a last-minute decision to scrap civil rights protections from...
Advocates pushing for social media regulations to keep kids safe online blasted the House for cancelling a Thursday markup of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) amid opposition to a separate data ...
Happy Friday! House and Senate committee leaders appear to be competing to see who can cancel legislative markups in the most dramatic fashion. Who’s winning? Let me know (and send news tips) here...
A House Energy and Commerce Committee markup of 11 bills, including a data privacy bill that was opposed by the House Republican leaders, was canceled Thursday morning shortly before it was ...
The House Energy and Commerce Committee abruptly canceled a meeting where it was set to consider a bipartisan privacy legislation.
Make sure you know the etiquette if you keep tabs on friends and family using location tracking apps, says Elaine Moore for Financial Times.
Strengthening Children's Online Voice Privacy  Federation of American Scientists
IAB Expresses Concerns Over Proposed Online Privacy and Children's Safety Legislations  IAB
Social media privacy settings: A guide to protecting your online presence  India Today
Equip Up to 9 Devices for Life With This $19 Data Privacy Tool  Entrepreneur

Featured News Stories

At Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Me., admissions officers are still talking about the high school senior who attended a campus information session last year for prospective students. Throughout...
It's junior year and Ellie Likos is ready to start the college process. The first step: changing her name on Facebook. Since the explosion of social media just a few years ago, colleges across...
Facebook Will No Longer Protect Teens From Their Own Bad Judgment - Forbes
On Wednesday, Facebook announced a present for its teen users: the gift of greater publicity. Moving forward, Facebook’s many under-18 users will be able to kick their privacy to the curb just as...
Opinion Should parents be criminally liable for kids' cyberbullying - CNN.com
Two girls in Florida, 14 and 12, have been arrested and charged with aggravated stalking -- cyberbullying. They allegedly tormented a 12-year-old girl named Rebecca so relentlessly that last month...
The selfie syndrome Why teens use social media for validation and how parents can counteract it - TODAY.com
Young celebrities do it. So why are we surprised when a typical teen Instagram post goes something like this: Teen (girl or boy) posts a cool/pretty/pouty selfie. What follows is a watch to see how...
They share, like, everything. How they feel about a song, their maths homework, life (it sucks). Where they'll be next; who they're with now. Photos, of themselves and others, doing stuff they quite...